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SS Geronde
I, Lafort, Master or Commander of the Ship Geronde do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear, that the within List signed by me, and now delivered to the Collector of this District, contains the names of all the passengers, taken on board the said Ship at the Port of Havre or at any time since and that all matters therein set forth, are, according to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. I do further swear, that (no figure written here) of the said Passengers have died on the voyage.
Sworn, before me, this 7 day of Febry, 1849. (Signed) Lafort, Collector
Columns represent: surname, given name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, number that have died on the passage.
1* Dib??oi?, Pierre 32 male farmer France United States
2* Dib??oi?, Angelique 30 female farmer France of America
3* Dib??oi?, Gustave 6 male farmer France
4 Jacquin, Francois 30 male France
5 Jacquin, Emilie 26 female France
6 Jacquin, Emile 1/2 male France
7 Legrand, Pierre 19 male France
8* Legrand, ?ox 18 male France
9* Schwendemann, V?te 64 male France
10 Truttmann, Joseph 40 male France
11 Truttmann, Anna 40 female France
12 Truttmann, Joseph 18 male France
13 Truttmann, Catherine 9 female France
14 Truttmann, Aloise 5 male France
15* Truttmann, Canp?? 15 male France
16* Truttmann, ???pha ?9 female France
17 Truttmann, Josepha 9 female France
18 Truttmann, Frantz 8 male France
19 Truttmann, Elizabeth 7 female France
20 Truttmann, Mariana 6 female France
21 Truttmann, Catherine 5 female France
22* Truttmann, ?oo? 4 female France
23 Truttmann, Caumentz 3 female France
24 Truttmann, Anna 1/2 female France
25 Lange, Albert 24 male France
26* Wolf, Lauri? 29 male France
27 Wolf, Anna 26 female France
28 Luscher, Daniel 22 male France
29* Lus?ry, Conrad 53 male France
30* Lus?ry, Anna 56 female France
31* Lus?ry, Elizab. 20 female France
32* Lechinger, Colmu? 27 male France
33 Lechinger, Sophie 32 female France
34 Lechinger, Negela 6 female France
35* Hoffler, Jn* Michel 25 male France
36* Carnevill???, Alphonse 29 male France
37 Chaumel, Alesandre 22 male France
38* ?raverssier, Joseph 50 male France
39 Grethel, Antoine 21 male France
40 Weismacher, Antoine 30 male France
41 Weismacher, Elizab. 25 female France
42 Weismacher, Francois 1/2 male France
43 Kubert, Joseph 38 male France
44* Sutter, Caja? 28 male France
45 Cadof, Jean 25 male France
46* Cha????on, Constant 25 male France
47* Cha????on, Camille 27 female France
48 Danten, Pierre 32 male France
49* Collen, Joseph 2? male France
50 Collen, Marie 24 female France
51 Knepfler, Laurintz 37 male France
52* Knepfler, Nas 23 male France
53* Carmantran, Augst 46 male France
54 Kichner, Samuel 41 male France
55 Dan, Philip 22 male France
56 Gasper, Joseph 38 male France
57* Muller, Sebasti?? 33 male France
58 Vorsin, Lousdanit 38 male France
59 Vorsin, Auguste 36 male France
60 Vorsin, Zelia 33 female France
61 Vorsin, August 7 male France
62 Vorsin, Camille 1 male France
63 Peter, Sebastien 22 male France
64* Laner, ?endel?? 24 male France
65 Degler, Leopold 26 male France
66 Shick, Bernard 23 male France
67 Bernard, Philipp 51 male France
68 Wepp, Jean 31 male France
69 Wepp, Agathe 26 female France
70* Wepp, Francoise ? female France
71 Wepp, Jean 1/2 male France
72 Panser, Nadine 26 female France
73 Wepp, Paulus 18 male France
74* Spon?, Jacque 21 male France
75 Merian, Jean 31 male France
76 Ahr Laurentz 20 male France
77* Cronalter Nlas 19 male France
78 Mayer, Anna 26 female France
79* ?onfl?e, Henry 32 male France
80* ?onfl?e, Catherine 26 female Bavaria
81* ?onfl?e, Barbe 1/2 male Bavaria
82* ?onfl?e, Henry 66 male Bavaria
83* ?onfl?e, Margt. 66 female Bavaria
84 Grof, Emanus 32 male Bavaria
85 Grof, Marie 28 female Bavaria
86 Grof, Marie 3 female Bavaria
87 Grof, George 1 male Bavaria
88 Jung, Nicolas 41 male Bavaria
89* ???g, William 52 male Bavaria
90* ???g, ?os 21 male Bavaria
91* Ku?lmann, Margt. 52 female Bavaria
92* Ku?lmann, Elizab. 22 female Bavaria
93 Nagel, Jacob 25 male Bavaria
94 Werlach, Adam 24 male Bavaria
95* Kaussmann, Henri?? 16 female Bavaria
96 Stricker, Petti 24 female Bavaria
97 Frauenthal, Jacob 20 male Bavaria
98* Kobel, Lu?ie, 42 male Bavaria
99 Mendel, Abraham 60 male Bavaria
100* Mandel, ?? 53 female Bavaria
101 Mandel, Joseph 27 male Bavaria
102 Mandel, Regina 10 female Bavaria
103 Mandel, Daniel 15 male Bavaria
104* Mandel, Lour? 9 male Bavaria
105 Mandel, Jannette 8 female Bavaria
106 Mandel, Philip 7 male Bavaria
107 Mandel, Bertha 6 female Bavaria
108 Muller, Andre 24 male Bavaria
109 Appel, Philip 18 male Bavaria
110 Lacher, Anna 36 female Bavaria
111 Lacher, Jacob 9 male Bavaria
112* Lacher, Joh?ny 3 male Bavaria
113 Lacher, Bernard 1/4 male Bavaria
114 Block, Adelaide 7 female Bavaria
115* Lang, Peter 2? male Bavaria
116 Lang, Philip 56 male Bavaria
117 Lang, Marguer. 56 female Bavaria
118 Lang, Catherine 28 female Bavaria
119 Weigel, Caroline 28 female Bavaria
120 Lang, Philip 18 male Bavaria
121 Lang, Marguerit. 18 female Bavaria
122 Lang, Peter 19 male Bavaria
123 Lang, Peter 1 male Bavaria
124 Block, Babette 13 female Bavaria
125 Block, Ernestine 9 female Bavaria
126 Block, Henriette 8 female Bavaria
127* Schmidt, Carl ? ? Bavaria
128*
129*
130*
131*
132*
133* ???? Jacque ?? ?? Bavaria
134* ???? Rosalie 22 female Bavaria
135* ???? Marie 24 female Bavaria
136* ???? Jacque 29 male Bavaria
137* ???? Anna 30 female Bavaria
138 Staub, Casper 19 male Bavaria
139* Fauck Jacob ?2 male Bavaria
140* ?eller, Cabl 25 female Bavaria
141 Erb, Johans 50 male Bavaria
142 Erb, Marie 48 female Bavaria
143 Erb, Eliza 16 female Bavaria
144 Erb, Henry 9 male Bavaria
145 Erb, Marie 8 male Bavaria
146 Erb, Oreli 7 male Bavaria
147 Erb, Sebastien 6 male Bavaria
148 Erb, Jean 1 male Bavaria
149 Levenberg, Carl 44 male Bavaria
150 Levenberg, Madelaine 34 female Bavaria
151 Levenberg, Antoine 7 male Bavaria
152 Levenberg, Caroline 6 female Bavaria
153 Levenberg, Carl 5 male Bavaria
154 Levenberg, Margt. 1 female Bavaria
155* ??ckel, Marie 68 male Bavaria
156 Koch, Johann 38 male Bavaria
157* ???chli, Johann 36 male Bavaria
158 Baltz, Jacob 27 male Bavaria
159 Bier, Isaac 30 male Bavaria
160* G????er, Jean 24 male Bavaria
161* T?schhertz, Jacquin 25 male Baden
162* T?schhertz, Francoise 27 female Baden
163 Franck, Jean 24 male Baden
164* V??z, Marie 29 female Baden
165 Stein, Jean 33 male Baden
166 Stein, Peter 27 male Baden
167* Marguerite, Augst 40 male Baden
168 Marguerite, Marie 3/4 female Baden
169 Duguenel, Pierre 32 male Baden
170 Lehr, Michel 28 male Baden
171 Burnier, Jacques 28 male Baden
172 Burgraff, Daniel 27 male Baden
173* ?agot, Maximile 33 male Baden
Steerage Passengers on Deck
174 Selmer, Margt. 27 female Suisse
175* Selmer, Er?ina 22 female Suisse
176* Becker, Ma?el- 21 female Suisse
177 Ecker, Pierre 48 male Suisse
178 Karthes, Mathias 46 male Suisse
179 Karthes, Margt. 36 female Suisse
180 Karthes, Paul 18 male Suisse
181 Karthes, Jacob 10 male Suisse
182 Karthes, Louise 8 female Suisse
183 Karthes, Peter 5 male Suisse
184 Karthes, Philip 3 male Suisse
185 Karthes, Elisa 1 female Suisse
186 Lasloch, Pierre 28 male Suisse
187 Lasloch, Louise 26 female Suisse
188 Lasloch, Louise 3 female Suisse
189 Lasloch, Pierre 1 male Suisse
190 Lasloch, Marie 32 female Suisse
191 Lafergue, Louis 60 female Suisse
192 Lafergue, Pierre 32 male Suisse
193 Staub, Caspar 46 male Suisse
194 Tagot, Victoine 27 female Suisse
Cabin Passenger:
195* ??andry A. 27 male Suisse
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
The manifest scribe began numbering the passengers with the number 1 at change in
Space Occupied; these numbers have been renumbered sequentially to aid with referencing.
All passengers on this ship intended to become inhabitants of the United States
of America. A squiggly line was drawn down this column on each page.
All passengers were listed as farmers as indicated by a squiggly line
down this column.
1-3 Could be Dibetois or Dibeloir
8 ? First letter of given name is illegible.
9 ? Given name is illegible.
15 ?? Copy poor, illegible
16 ???? Copy poor - these letters are illegible. Age could be 29.
22 ?? Could not make out these letters.
26 ? Could be s or ss
29-31 ? The surname could be Lushy or Lustry.
32 ? Could be s
35 The letter "n" was written higher than the other letters probably
indicating an abbreviation for John.
36 ?? Could be ier
38 ? First letter of surname illegible
44 ? Could be s or r
46-47 ? Could be Chamfron or Champion
49 ? Second numeral of age illegible
52 Letters "as" in given name written higher than other letters. May be Nicholas
53 Letters "st" in given name written higher than other letters. May be August
57 ?? May be Sebastien
64 ? First letter of surname may be N or V. Last two letters illegible.
70 ? Age of passenger illegible
74 ? Could be s or e
77 Letters "las" in given name written higher than other letters. May be Nicholas
79-83 ?? First letter could be V or N. Second could be a or o. Ending of
name illegible
89-90 ??? Surname illegible. Could possibly be Lung or Leisig
90 ? Given name could be Jos-
91-92 ? Could be l or h
95 ?? Could be Henriette
98 ? Could be s or r
100 ?? A line was drawn through most of this entry making it illegible.
104 ? Letter illegible
112 ? Could be o or a
115 ? Second numeral of age illegible
127 ? Age possibly 30. Sex probably male
128-132 These names were missing from the copy of list
133-137 ???? The surname was only written once followed by ditto marks. It
was illegible due to poor copy.
139 ? First numeral of age illegible
140 ? Could be H
155 ?? First letters of surname illegible
157 ??? First letters illegible but could be Hrochli.
160 ???? Letters illegible
161-162 ? Could be u
164 ?? Could be u or ie
167 The letters "st" in the given name were written higher than the
other letters. Could be August
173 ? Probably F or T
175 ? Could be Ermina or Emina
176 ? Given name could be Mabel- or Madel-.
195 ? Surname could be Thandry or Handry
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 28.
Transcribed by Marilyn J. Hinton for the
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